Sameer Shirodkar

Passionate about the development of Indian sport, and bringing you the latest results, news and views from the world of Indian sport.

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Many thanks @OGQ_India for sending me this memorabilia as a token of appreciation for my passion for Indian sport.

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A superb @ArpinderSingh18 becomes the first Indian to medal at the IAAF Continental Cup - takes the Men's Triple Jump bronze at #IAAFOstrava2018 with a best effort of 16.59m.

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#Athletics IAAF Continental Cup: Muhammad Anas ends 5th in the Men's 400m race with a timing of 45.72; Jinson Johnson clocks 3:41.72 to finish 6th in the Men's 1500m run.

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Top seed @sameerv2210 defeats the unseeded Malaysian Joo Ven Soong 21-15 21-18 to win the Men's Singles title at the Hyderabad Open.

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Top seeds @satwiksairaj/@Shettychirag04 defeat the third seeds Akbar Bintang Cahyono/Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani of Indonesia 21-16 21-14 to win the Hyderabad Open Men's Doubles title.

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#Athletics: PU Chitra finishes a respectable 4th in the Women's 1500m event at the 3rd IAAF Continental Cup with a timing of 4:18.45. #IAAFOstrava2018

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A superb Ankur Mittal wins the Men's Double Trap gold at the Changwon #ISSFWCH with a score of 140 (+4 in a shoot-off). Mittal is only the second Indian after Manavjit Singh Sandhu (in 2006) to win gold in a shotgun event at the World Championships.

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Changwon #ISSFWCH - @realmanubhaker also narrowly misses out on the Women's 25m Pistol final after finishing 10th with 584-16X. The seventh and eighth qualifiers for the final recorded 584-22X and 584-21X respectively.

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Changwon #ISSFWCH - Anjum Moudgil narrowly misses out on the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event final - ends 9th with 1170-56X. The eighth and the last qualifier for the final, Nina Christen of Switzerland, recorded 1170-66X.

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ICYMI Abhishek Verma (583-28X in qualification; 118.0 in 12 shots in the final) ended 8th in the Men's 10m Air Pistol event earlier this week at the Changwon #ISSFWCH.

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#USOpen: The 15th seeds Rohan Bopanna/Edouard Roger-Vasselin go down to the 5th seeds Robert Farah/Juan Sebastián Cabal of Colombia 3-6 4-6 in the Men's Doubles quarter-finals.

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Om Prakash Mitharval is the new Men's 50m Pistol World Champion after winning the event at the Changwon #ISSFWCH with a score of 564/600.

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The 15th seeds @rohanbopanna/@ERogerVasselin enter the Men's Doubles quarter-finals at the #USOpen with a 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3 win over the French duo of Jérémy Chardy/Fabrice Martin.

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A superb Anjum Moudgil (628.7 in qualification & 248.4 in 24 shots in the final) wins the Women's 10m Air Rifle silver at the Changwon #ISSFWCH; compatriot @apurvichandela (627.5 & 207.0 in 20 shots) ends a very creditable 4th as India secure two #Tokyo2020 quotas in the event.

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#Shooting: Deepak Kumar (630.1 in qualification; 164.1 in 16 shots in the final) ends a creditable 6th in the Men's 10m Air Rifle event at the Changwon #ISSFWCH.

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@vinayakkm @Reddy_SGR Archery medals in both 2014 and this time were in Compound Archery which is not part of the Olympics.

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India's 2018 #AsianGames medals in Olympic Sports (vs. 2014 AG):

Archery: 0 (0)
Athletics: 19 (13)
Badminton: 2 (1)
Boxing: 2 (5)
Equestrian: 2 (0)
Hockey: 2 (2)
Rowing: 3 (3)
Sailing: 3 (1)
Shooting: 9 (4)
Swimming: 0 (1)
Table Tennis: 2 (0)
Tennis: 3 (5)
Wrestling: 3 (4)

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@India_AllSports Well done! Fantastic job as always.

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@kapil857 Thanks. Amended and added Swimming as well.

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India end the 2018 #AsianGames with a record haul of 69 medals (15🥇, 24🥈 & 30🥉), bettering the previous high of 65 medals in 2010 & 2014 tally of 57 medals (11🥇, 10🥈 & 36🥉). The 15🥇 this time also sees India equal its previous best gold tally achieved way back in 1951.

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#Hockey: @TheHockeyIndia Men go past arch-rivals Pakistan 2-1 to end with bronze at the #AsianGames. @akashdeeps985 & @13harmanpreet scored for India.